HOPE
The verb hope involves the idea of an action taking place in the future. When hope is used, it may be followed by
the subordinate clause or by the result of a predictive conditional. For example:
WISH
We already saw that the verb hope refer to possible actions. The verb wish is different. Here we are talking about
events that cannot be changed in the present. The form of the sentences is similar to that in counterfactual conditionals.When wishis used, it may precede
the subordinate clause or the result clause of an imaginative conditional. For example:
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